@inbook{46af98ac08974903bb637c2e5cc06612,
title = "From Gujarat to the Red Sea: the connectivity of the {\textquoteleft}small island{\textquoteright} port of Suakin, Sudan, within the western Indian Ocean",
abstract = "This paper focuses on historical, ethnographic and archaeological evidence for the links between the Sudanese port of Suakin and South Asia, as part of the Red Sea/Indian Ocean trade, during the overall period later 13th to early 20thcenturyAD. The main locations on Suakin island town yielding relevant material are briefly described. The archaeological evidence indicates pottery comparable with examples of glazed and unglazed burnished wares from India. Consideration is given to the means of trade, particularly the relation between pilgrimage and trade. Interviews indicate the origins of the community of Indian traders at Suakin, in the later 19th century/early 20thcentury, and show the range of items traded, many of which are invisible archaeologically under the preservation conditions at the site. Continuities in the sea trade until the present day are noted. It is concluded that a combination of archaeological, historical and ethnographic evidence enables hypotheses as to the main routes and methods of trade to be put forward.",
keywords = "Red Sea, Horn of Africa, Indian Ocean, Antiquity, medieval period, network, trade, port, nomad, navigation, logistics, spatiality",
author = "Wes Forsythe and C Breen and Laurence Smith and Michael Mallinson and Jacke Phillips and Shadia Taha and Abdelrahman, {Ali Mohamed}",
year = "2022",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-2-35668-078-5",
series = "ARCH{\'E}OLOGIE(S)",
pages = "119--138",
editor = "Caroline Durand and Julie Marchand and B{\'e}rang{\`e}re Redon and Schneider, {Pierre }",
booktitle = "Networked Spaces: The Spatiality of Networks in the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean",
note = "Red Sea Conference IX ; Conference date: 02-07-2019 Through 05-07-2019",
}